Maria Callas, Commendatore OMRI (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας) (December 2, 1923 -- September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the 20th century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique, a wide-ranging voice and great dramatic gifts. An extremely versatile singer, her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini; further, to the works of Verdi and Puccini; and, in her early career, to the music dramas of Wagner. Her remarkable musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Callas
Maria Callas: Bellini - I Puritani, 'Qui la voce...Vien, diletto'
Lyrics & EnglishTranslation
Here his soft voice
called me... and then vanished.
here he swore to be faithful,
this he was vowing,
and then cruelly fled from me!
Oh! No longer to be joined together
in the joy of sighing.
Oh, return my hope
or let me die.
Come, beloved, the moon is in the sky!
everything is quiet around us;
until day breaks in the sky,
come and alight upon my heart!
Hurry up, oh, my Arthur,
return, my dear, to your Elvira:
she cries and sighs for you,
come, my dear, to love...
A link to this wonderful artists personal Website: http://www.callas.it/english/home.aspPlease enjoy!
I send my kind and warm regards,

I puritani

I puritani (The Puritans) is an opera in three acts by Vincenzo Bellini, although it was originally written with two acts and changed to three acts on the advice of Gioachino Rossini with whom the young composer had become friendly. The music was set to a libretto by Count Carlo Pepoli, an Italian émigré poet who Bellini had met at a salon run by the exile Princess Belgiojoso, which became a meeting place for many Italian revolutionaries.

When Bellini arrived in Paris in mid-August 1833, he had intended to stay only about three weeks, the main aim being to continue the negotiations with the Paris Opéra which had begun on his way to London a few months earlier. However, these negotiations came to nothing, but by October he had decided to spend the winter in that city, especially as both Il pirata and I Capuleti e i Montecchi were to be given by the Théâtre-Italien that season.

Juan Diego

Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin also known as Juan Diegotzil (1474–1548), a native of Mexico, is the first Roman Catholic indigenous saint from the Americas. He is said to have been granted an apparition of the Virgin Mary on four separate occasions in December 1531 at the hill of Tepeyac, then outside but now well within metropolitan Mexico City.

The Basilica of Guadalupe located at the foot of the hill of Tepeyac claims to possess Juan Diego's mantle or cloak (known as a tilma) on which an image of the Virgin is said to have been impressed by a miracle as a pledge of the authenticity of the apparitions. These apparitions and the imparting of the miraculous image (together known as the Guadalupe event, in Spanish "el acontecimiento Guadalupano") are the basis of the cult of Our Lady of Guadalupe which is ubiquitous in Mexico, prevalent throughout the Spanish-speaking Americas, and increasingly widespread beyond. As a result, the Basilica of Guadalupe is now the world's major centre of pilgrimage for Roman Catholics, receiving 22 million visitors in 2010, the vast bulk of whom were pilgrims. Juan Diego was beatified in 1990, and canonized in 2002.

Vincenzo Bellini

Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (Italian:[vinˈtʃɛntso salvaˈtoːre karˈmɛːlo franˈtʃesko belˈliːni]; 3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) was an Italianopera composer, who was known for his long-flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of Catania".
Many years later, in 1898, Giuseppe Verdi "praised the broad curves of Bellini's melody: 'there are extremely long melodies as no-one else had ever made before' "

A large amount of what is known about Bellini's life and his activities comes from surviving letters—except for a short period—which were written over his lifetime to his friend Francesco Florimo, whom he had met as a fellow student in Naples and with whom he maintained a lifelong friendship. Other sources of information come from correspondence saved by other friends and business acquaintances.

Bellini was the quintessential composer of the Italian bel canto era of the early 19th century, and his work has been summed up by the London critic Tim Ashley as:

Anna Netrebko

Anna Yuryevna Netrebko (Russian:Анна Юрьевна Нетребко, born 18 September 1971) is a Russian operaticsoprano. She now holds dual Russian and Austrian citizenship and currently resides in Vienna, Austria and in New York City.

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (Italian pronunciation:[luˈtʃaːno pavaˈrɔtti]; 12 October 1935–6 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time. He made numerous recordings of complete operas and individual arias, gaining worldwide fame for the brilliance and beauty of his tone—especially into the upper register—and eventually established himself as one of the finest tenors of the 20th century.

Maria Callas: Bellini - I Puritani, 'Qui la voce... Vien, diletto'

Maria Callas, Commendatore OMRI (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας) (December 2, 1923 -- September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the 20th century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique, a wide-ranging voice and great dramatic gifts. An extremely versatile singer, her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini; further, to the works of Verdi and Puccini; and, in her early career, to the music dramas of Wagner. Her remarkable musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Callas
Maria Callas: Bellini - I Puritani, 'Qui la voce...Vien, diletto'
Lyrics & EnglishTranslation
Here his soft voice
called me... and then vanished.
here he swore to be faithful,
this he was vowing,
and then cruelly fled from me!
Oh! No longer to be joined together
in the joy of sighing.
Oh, return my hope
or let me die.
Come, beloved, the moon is in the sky!
everything is quiet around us;
until day breaks in the sky,
come and alight upon my heart!
Hurry up, oh, my Arthur,
return, my dear, to your Elvira:
she cries and sighs for you,
come, my dear, to love...
A link to this wonderful artists personal Website: http://www.callas.it/english/home.aspPlease enjoy!
I send my kind and warm regards,

Maria Callas, Commendatore OMRI (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας) (December 2, 1923 -- September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the 20th century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique, a wide-ranging voice and great dramatic gifts. An extremely versatile singer, her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini; further, to the works of Verdi and Puccini; and, in her early career, to the music dramas of Wagner. Her remarkable musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Callas
Maria Callas: Bellini - I Puritani, 'Qui la voce...Vien, diletto'
Lyrics & EnglishTranslation
Here his soft voice
called me... and then vanished.
here he swore to be faithful,
this he was vowing,
and then cruelly fled from me!
Oh! No longer to be joined together
in the joy of sighing.
Oh, return my hope
or let me die.
Come, beloved, the moon is in the sky!
everything is quiet around us;
until day breaks in the sky,
come and alight upon my heart!
Hurry up, oh, my Arthur,
return, my dear, to your Elvira:
she cries and sighs for you,
come, my dear, to love...
A link to this wonderful artists personal Website: http://www.callas.it/english/home.aspPlease enjoy!
I send my kind and warm regards,

Maria Callas, Commendatore OMRI (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας) (December 2, 1923 -- September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the 20th century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique, a wide-ranging voice and great dramatic gifts. An extremely versatile singer, her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini; further, to the works of Verdi and Puccini; and, in her early career, to the music dramas of Wagner. Her remarkable musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Callas
Maria Callas: Bellini - I Puritani, 'Qui la voce...Vien, diletto'
Lyrics & EnglishTranslation
Here his soft voice
called me... and then vanished.
here he swore to be faithful,
this he was vowing,
and then cruelly fled from me!
Oh! No longer to be joined together
in the joy of sighing.
Oh, return my hope
or let me die.
Come, beloved, the moon is in the sky!
everything is quiet around us;
until day breaks in the sky,
come and alight upon my heart!
Hurry up, oh, my Arthur,
return, my dear, to your Elvira:
she cries and sighs for you,
come, my dear, to love...
A link to this wonderful artists personal Website: http://www.callas.it/english/home.aspPlease enjoy!
I send my kind and warm regards,

A te o cara (I Puritani - V. Bellini) Score Animation

Cinta di fiori - KARAOKE / PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT - I Puritani - Bellini

Piano accompaniment of "Cinta di fiori", one of the arias of the opera I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835).
What can you find on Pianissim’s Youtube Channel? Piano accompaniments of many lyrical songs: baroque, classical and romantic arias, lieder, zarzuela, musicals, Vaccai method… lyrical karaokes for all tastes.
And if you want to sing something that is not in our repertory? We’d like you to sing everything that you want, so if there is a lyrical song that you don’t find in our karaokes, you can send us a request to: info@pianissim.com attaching the sheet music and we’ll record your piano accompaniment in a few days. It’s totally free!!
More services? Yes, we’ve just begun the new service DIV@S: a new section on our Channel where you can upload videos singing along some of o...

No copyright infringement intended, for educational purposes.
I remember a few years back looking through what I believe was the 'sanctioned' version of ALL cadenzas and ornamentations used by Joan Sutherland in her famous album 'The Art of the Prima Donna', mostly written by Richard Bonynge or found in their researches. Being a fool I lost my copy of these precious scores. This is an attempt to re-create the ornamentation and cadenzas (hereby dubbed 'Sutherland variant', or rather Sutherland-Bonynge LOL) for interest of Sutherland admirers and possibly singers.
Mind you this was done aurally in one hour, so some of the smaller notes may be missed (and I feel like a fool writing down the pre-final cadence turn but whatever).
Comments on the performance: I do believe this version of the...

published: 01 Oct 2012

qui la voce sua soave karaoke

Piano accompaniment of "Il grand Inquisitor!", one of the arias of the OperaDon Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901).
What can you find on Pianissim’s Youtube Channel? Piano accompaniments of many lyrical songs: baroque, classical and romantic arias, lieder, zarzuela, musicals, Vaccai method… lyrical karaokes for all tastes.
And if you want to sing something that is not in our repertory? We’d like you to sing everything that you want, so if there is a lyrical song that you don’t find in our karaokes, you can send us a request to: info@pianissim.com attaching the sheet music and we’ll record your piano accompaniment in a few days. It’s totally free!!
More services? Yes, we’ve just begun the new service DIV@S: a new section on our Channel where you can upload videos singing along some o...

No copyright infringement intended, for educational purposes.
I remember a few years back looking through what I believe was the 'sanctioned' version of ALL ca...

No copyright infringement intended, for educational purposes.
I remember a few years back looking through what I believe was the 'sanctioned' version of ALL cadenzas and ornamentations used by Joan Sutherland in her famous album 'The Art of the Prima Donna', mostly written by Richard Bonynge or found in their researches. Being a fool I lost my copy of these precious scores. This is an attempt to re-create the ornamentation and cadenzas (hereby dubbed 'Sutherland variant', or rather Sutherland-Bonynge LOL) for interest of Sutherland admirers and possibly singers.
Mind you this was done aurally in one hour, so some of the smaller notes may be missed (and I feel like a fool writing down the pre-final cadence turn but whatever).
Comments on the performance: I do believe this version of the Polonaise from Bellini's I puritani (a magisterial work, if I may say so, almost Wagnerian) is the best EVER. The pre-surgery '60s Sutherland sounds fresh, her cannon-sized voice withheld to become a silvery wisp but without losing the edge which made her coloratura extremely well-articulated. However you can still hear her brand of legato, what I call 'treacle-y swoop' (example 00:24) which later made her voice sounds as if everything she sang was a dirge (contrast this with another singer who also had this type of legato, Anna Moffo, who managed to turn it into something very sensual, even sexual at times). And the orchestral playing is the most transparent I've ever heard on a recording, especially in the 'Qual mattutina stella'.
ArkivMusic link for 'The Art of the Prima Donna': http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=3038
Amazon link for 'The Art of the Prima Donna': http://www.amazon.com/Joan-Sutherland-The-Prima-Donna/dp/B00004XQ8G

No copyright infringement intended, for educational purposes.
I remember a few years back looking through what I believe was the 'sanctioned' version of ALL cadenzas and ornamentations used by Joan Sutherland in her famous album 'The Art of the Prima Donna', mostly written by Richard Bonynge or found in their researches. Being a fool I lost my copy of these precious scores. This is an attempt to re-create the ornamentation and cadenzas (hereby dubbed 'Sutherland variant', or rather Sutherland-Bonynge LOL) for interest of Sutherland admirers and possibly singers.
Mind you this was done aurally in one hour, so some of the smaller notes may be missed (and I feel like a fool writing down the pre-final cadence turn but whatever).
Comments on the performance: I do believe this version of the Polonaise from Bellini's I puritani (a magisterial work, if I may say so, almost Wagnerian) is the best EVER. The pre-surgery '60s Sutherland sounds fresh, her cannon-sized voice withheld to become a silvery wisp but without losing the edge which made her coloratura extremely well-articulated. However you can still hear her brand of legato, what I call 'treacle-y swoop' (example 00:24) which later made her voice sounds as if everything she sang was a dirge (contrast this with another singer who also had this type of legato, Anna Moffo, who managed to turn it into something very sensual, even sexual at times). And the orchestral playing is the most transparent I've ever heard on a recording, especially in the 'Qual mattutina stella'.
ArkivMusic link for 'The Art of the Prima Donna': http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=3038
Amazon link for 'The Art of the Prima Donna': http://www.amazon.com/Joan-Sutherland-The-Prima-Donna/dp/B00004XQ8G

Maria Callas: Bellini - I Puritani, 'Qui la voce... Vien, diletto'

Maria Callas, Commendatore OMRI (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας) (December 2, 1923 -- September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the 20th century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique, a wide-ranging voice and great dramatic gifts. An extremely versatile singer, her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini; further, to the works of Verdi and Puccini; and, in her early career, to the music dramas of Wagner. Her remarkable musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Callas
Maria Callas: Bellini - I Puritani, 'Qui la voce...Vien, diletto'
Lyrics & EnglishTranslation
Here his soft voice
called me... and then vanished.
here he swore to be faithful,
this he was vowing,
and then cruelly fled from me!
Oh! No longer to be joined together
in the joy of sighing.
Oh, return my hope
or let me die.
Come, beloved, the moon is in the sky!
everything is quiet around us;
until day breaks in the sky,
come and alight upon my heart!
Hurry up, oh, my Arthur,
return, my dear, to your Elvira:
she cries and sighs for you,
come, my dear, to love...
A link to this wonderful artists personal Website: http://www.callas.it/english/home.aspPlease enjoy!
I send my kind and warm regards,

No copyright infringement intended, for educational purposes.
I remember a few years back looking through what I believe was the 'sanctioned' version of ALL cadenzas and ornamentations used by Joan Sutherland in her famous album 'The Art of the Prima Donna', mostly written by Richard Bonynge or found in their researches. Being a fool I lost my copy of these precious scores. This is an attempt to re-create the ornamentation and cadenzas (hereby dubbed 'Sutherland variant', or rather Sutherland-Bonynge LOL) for interest of Sutherland admirers and possibly singers.
Mind you this was done aurally in one hour, so some of the smaller notes may be missed (and I feel like a fool writing down the pre-final cadence turn but whatever).
Comments on the performance: I do believe this version of the Polonaise from Bellini's I puritani (a magisterial work, if I may say so, almost Wagnerian) is the best EVER. The pre-surgery '60s Sutherland sounds fresh, her cannon-sized voice withheld to become a silvery wisp but without losing the edge which made her coloratura extremely well-articulated. However you can still hear her brand of legato, what I call 'treacle-y swoop' (example 00:24) which later made her voice sounds as if everything she sang was a dirge (contrast this with another singer who also had this type of legato, Anna Moffo, who managed to turn it into something very sensual, even sexual at times). And the orchestral playing is the most transparent I've ever heard on a recording, especially in the 'Qual mattutina stella'.
ArkivMusic link for 'The Art of the Prima Donna': http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=3038
Amazon link for 'The Art of the Prima Donna': http://www.amazon.com/Joan-Sutherland-The-Prima-Donna/dp/B00004XQ8G

Watch This Space

OhhhhhOhhhhhhhhhThere is no short cut to a dreamBut I am not afraid I'll take it all the wayI'm gunna give more than it takesWork harder than the rest till I'm the very bestOhh you think youv'e got it all figured outYou think ur so damn cool what's that all aboutBut I've got mime just watch this spaceAnd you just waitHold up a mirror you should see yourselfYou think your so much better than everybody elseBut I've got time just watch this spaceAnd you just waitThere's something deep inside my heartBurns with a thousands fliesSo relentess my desireI see a future shine so brightBeyond the finish lineI'm gunna make it mineOhh you think youv'e got it all figured outYou think ur so damn special what's that all aboutBut I've got mime yh watch this spaceAnd you just waitHold up a mirror you should see yourselfYou think that you wont stumble like everybody elseBut I got time just watch this spaceAnd you just waitYou bring your bestI'll be one step aheadYour tears will fallYou'll be falling insteadOhhhh you just waitI'm not afraidAnd I'm not backing downShut up your eyesAnd it's coming aroundOhhhh you just wait

It turns out that a theory explaining how we might detect parallel universes and prediction for the end of the world was proposed and completed by physicist Stephen Hawking shortly before he died ... &nbsp;. According to reports, the work predicts that the universe would eventually end when stars run out of energy ... ....

Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingIt wasn’t very long ago Republicans were accusing Democrats of either paying a few dollars to the homeless for votes or giving them a pack of cigarettes. But with Donald Trump, it’s obvious he paid $130,000 to an adult-film star in exchange for her silence last October and just before the general election ... Was the payment from his own account – or from a lawyer – or from campaign donations....

Using e-cigarettes may lead to an accumulation of fat in the liver, a study of mice exposed to the devices suggests. “The popularity of electronic cigarettes has been rapidly increasing in part because of advertisements that they are safer than conventional cigarettes ... Friedman of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles, California ... Circadian rhythm dysfunction is known to accelerate liver disease....

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The atmosphere at Palm Beach Opera’s annual gala on Thursday was in itself something of an opera scene ... Radvanovsky is the genuine article ... Capably accompanied by pianist Anthony V ... The singer scaled down her large sound for the occasion, warming up vocally and teasing the audience with the resemblance of the second song – La ricordanza – to a famous aria from Bellini’s I puritani ... ....

The poet who wrote the words can be confrontational. The composer is known for cutting-edge jazz. The singer specializes in ornately written operas from another century ... Or demure ... Brownlee is an A-list tenor and is considered indispensable to operas such as I Puritani (which he’s currently singing at Lyric Opera of Chicago), but that doesn’t give him any immunity when “driving while black,” for instance....

If great opera is all about the singing, Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of Vincenzo Bellini’s “I Puritani,” unveiled Sunday afternoon at the Lyric Opera House, is a winner ... If, however, the best productions combine stellar singing with persuasive stage action and characterizations, Lyric’s “Puritani” falls short ... Like “Puritani,” the plot has its illogical turns, but music, acting and stagecraft came together in a compelling way....

Since 1955, when Lyric Opera mounted its first production of “I Puritani” to display Maria Callas in one of her most celebrated bel canto roles, Vincenzo Bellini’s final opera has drifted in and out of the Lyric repertory, rather like the fragile heroine Elvira’s flights between sanity and madness.... ....

Pretty Yende's year just keeps getting better. The opera singer has been bestowed with the ECHO Klassik Newcomer of the Year Award. The soprano's successful international singer performed in Bellini's 'I Puritani' at The Metropolitan Opera in New York in February, after lead Diana Damrau, revered as one of the greatest singing actresses, fell ill ... She wrote ... sic" ... ....